A man has been charged with carrying out eight violent street robberies, some armed, in Willesden and Dollis Hill.

Danny Taylor, 30, of Dean Road, Willesden, appeared at Hendon Magistrates’ Court and was remanded in custody.

He will appear at Harrow Crown Court on December 7.

The 30-year-old is accused of eight counts of robbery and three counts of threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place between October 26 and November 13.